Every year, at least 200 000 people die from cancer related to their workplace, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Saturday is World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Millions of workers run the risk of developing cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma (a malignant cancer of the internal lining of the
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JCC Payment Systems Ltd., the bank owned point-of-sales network that processes card payments is at a crossroads looking ahead to a new role within the changing financial environment ahead of the adoption of the euro and new payment systems across the 27-nation block. In an interview with the Financial Mirror, JCC’s General Manager Takis Fekkos,
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Track & Talk, the company that has digitally mapped the entire road network of Cyprus, is donating tracking devices to be installed on the entire fleet of 52 ambulances of the state hospitals in all towns. Established in 2005, the company deals mainly with electronic location and tracking devices, navigation systems and positioning devices or
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Too much of a fuss is being stirred up around the whole business of putting up wind farms in Cyprus at a time when the state has not yet actively embraced promoting the use of alternative sources of energy and as such, consumers are not fully informed about the (many) advantages and the (few) disadvantages
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A special meeting of the PSA Peugeot Citroen Central Works Committee has been called for May 9 to discuss a proposed plan to adjust the Automobile Division’s corporate workforce through voluntary departures. In this way, the workforce can be reduced without any layoffs. By not replacing the employees who retire or voluntarily leave, the Group
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The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) expressed its concern about the preliminary agreement between between Vassiliko Cement Works (VCW) and Cyprus Cement Company Pcl (CCC) and will proceed to fully investigate the possibility of market concentration, as the CPC ascertained that any such deal between the two companies would cause a serious anticompetitive
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Panasonic has launched 11 new models from its Lumix range of digital cameras, for the Middle East market. The new digital cameras include the DMC-TZ3, DMC-TZ2, DMC-FZ8, DMC-LZ7, DMC-LZ6, DMC-FX30, DMC-FX12, DMC-FX10, DMC-LS75, DMC-LS70 and DMC-LS60, each with a host of unique and innovative features to meet varied requirements of professional and amateur photographers in
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Motorola, Inc. has been selected by RC Technologies, a leading provider of telecommunications services in northeastern South Dakota, to provide its Astria content processor and Astria video services processor (VSP) head-end solutions. This will allow RC Technologies to deliver video content wirelessly to subscribers in the northeastern portion of the state. Using a Motorola Astria
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The Nokia N95 multimedia computer has been voted the ‘Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe 2007’ by TIPA (Technical Image Press Association), the largest photo and imaging press association in Europe. “A small mobile wonder and a camera as well,” the N95 was commended for its outstanding imaging functionality, comparing its features directly with those
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Countries and vaccine manufacturers agreed in a meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO) that creating a stockpile of H5N1 vaccine, and separately developing a mechanism to ensure broader access to pandemic influenza vaccine for developing countries in the advent of a pandemic, may be feasible. “We have taken another crucial step forward in ensuring
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